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U. C. THIES BUILDING CONSTRUCTION Filed Sept. 24 1925 I v l "u I July 271926.

l URBAN c.

` PATENT OFFICE.

minas, or DAYTON, omo. l

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.

Application l'ed September 24, 1925. Serial No. 58,359.

This invention relatesl to building construction, and the primary objectis the provision of a building for use'as an airplane hangar which willbe conveniently made so 4as to facilitate the storage of a number ofairplanes, and provide for their easy access, removal and storage.

Av further object is they provision of a novel lighting system bydesigning the roof truss so that it is composedof a central portion andtwo outwardly projecting cantilever sides, the truss covering being ap#plied to the bottom of the central portion and to the tops of the sideportions. .Al series of windows is provided to interconnect the coveringof the central section with the coverin of the outer sections, thesewindows being inclined upwardly and outwardly from the covering of thecentral section.

In this manner a building is provided which will be easily ventilatedand which will provide'maximum lighting effect from the sun. Thelocation ofthe windows as a part of the roof permits the sunlight to beadmitted and also causes the direction of the beams upon the parts ofthe aircraft where they are most esired, namely upon the engine and noseportion of the airplane.

A further object 'of the invention is the provision of slidingsdoorswhich close opposite sides of the building so that airplanes may beadmitted along the entire length of the building without interferencefrom structural parts ofthe building.

`The building is supported for the most part byl a series of vertical.columns positioned within the outlines of the building so as to be outof the Way of the airplanes when. they are moved into place. v

Further objects of my invention will be more fully set forth in thefollowing description and .in the drawings in which Fig. 1 is a verticalsection taken through au. building, and

Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, a series of columns 1 forma support for a roof truss designated generally 2, this roof truss.being formed of a number of parallel trusses 3. Each truss 3 iscomposed of a central portion 4 and overhanging cantilevergside portions5 and 6: The side cantilever portions 5 and 6 project outwardly from thecenter sectionfand are of substantially the'same vertical extent at theinl. ner ends as the vertical height of the inner sectionl 4. The waterproof covering l7 is applied tothe top part of the truss 5 and 6. Thewater proof `covering 8 lis applied to the lower portion ofthe centralsection 4 of \the truss as shown in Fig. 1. The space between the lowercovering 8 at thecenter of the truss, and the upper coverings 7 iskclosed by -a series of windows 9 which are inl clined upwardly andoutwardly from the 'covering 8 and within the confines of the rooftruss. The windows 9 may be provided with means for opening them or forpermittlng their automatic opening in case of fire, and their locationnear the center of the building and for its entire length permits theillumination of the interior of the building in an eliicent manner,while at the same timev providingfor a rain proof and weather proof.covering.

The building is provided with a sliding door 10 which extendssubstantially the entire length of the building along the two op? positesides thereof as indicated in Fig. 1. Space is thus permitted for theplaeingof aircraft in position within the building without interferencewith any of the structural parts of the building. The airplanes may bekplaced with their empennages togetherv as indicated between the columnsand 1n this manner a large number of airplanes may be stored incomparatively small space and any one of them instantly removed withoutinterfering with any other airplane. The light shining through thedepressed monitor by reason of vthe location of the windows illuminatesthe engine portion and nose of the airplanes where thev light is mostneeded.

I am aware that various modifications and changes may be made withoutdeparting from the scope of m invention and I do not intend to belimited to the exact construction which has been chosen vfor purposes ofillustration.

I claim: v

1. In a building, a roof truss havinga center section and an outersection tapering in vertical thickness, a covering for the lower part ofsaid center section, a cover-y ing for the upper part of said outersection, and a window interconnecting'said coverings and inclined.'upwardly and outwardly from said center section.

2. In a building, a roof truss Fhaving a center section and an outersection of' sub A stantially the same vertical height, a covercoveringsand inclined upwardly an ing for the lower part of saidcenter section, acovering for the upper part of said outer section, and a windowinterconnectin said outwardly from said center section.

3. In a buildin a roof truss having a center section an two outersections, one on each side thereof, a covering for the lower part ofsaid center section, a covering for the upper part of each of said outersections, and a series of windows intercon- `nesting the covering ofsaid center section and the covering of said two outer sections, saidwindows being inclined upwardly and outwardly from said center section.

4. In a building, a roof truss having a center section and two outersections, one4 on each side thereof, said center section being ofsubstantially the same vertical height throughout, and said outersections tapering outwardly from said center section, a covering for thelower part of said center section, a covering for the upper part of eachof said outer sections, and a series of windows interconnectin thecovering of said center section and t e covering of said two outersections, said windows being inclined upwardly and outwardly fromsaid'center section.

5. In a building, a series of vertical supports, a roof truss supportedthereby and having a cantilever portion extending outwardly from saidsupports, a covering for the upper part of said cantilever portion, acovering for the lower part of the roof truss adjacent to saidcantilever portion, anda series of windows between said two coverings.

said two opposite sides of said roof truss tapering voutwardly fromsaidrentral portion, a covering for the upper portion of the outersection of said truss, a covering for the lower part of the centralportion, a series of windows connecting the central portion with eachouter portion and inclined upwardly and outwardly from the covering ofsaid central section, and a sliding door extending the entire length ofboth said opposite sides.

8. In an airplane hangar, a double row of vertical columns, a roof suported by said columns and projecting out `rorn each row to form oppositecantilever side portions, a sliding door closing substantially an entireside of the hangar, a second slidin door closing substantially theentire opposite side of the :hangar so that an airplane may be `moved.into place with its empennage bef tween two columns without disturbingany other airplane in the hangar.

In testimony whereof I alix my signature.

URBAN C. THIES.

